127 results about "Epithelial cancer" patented technology

The methods of the present invention allow for the non-invasive or minimally invasive isolation of epithelial cells or their biochemical contents from excreta after in vivo isotopic labeling. Once isolated, the labeled epithelial cells or their labeled biochemical contents find use as kinetic biomarkers of diseases of epithelial tissues including epithelial cancers and epithelial proliferative disorders such as psoriasis and benign prostate hyperplasia. The biomarkers are useful in diagnosing a disease of epithelial tissue origin, monitoring therapeutic efficacy of compounds or combinations of compounds used to treat diseases of epithelial tissue origin, screen new chemical entities or biological factors or combinations of chemical entities or biological factors, or mixtures thereof, for therapeutic activity in animal models of diseases of epithelial tissue origin or in human clinical trials, or test for toxicity on epithelial tissues from exposure to therapeutic compounds or new chemical entities or environmental chemicals such as industrial or occupational chemicals, environmental pollutants, food additives, and cosmetics.

An extract of Scutellaria barbata D. Don is effective in the arrest of cancer cell growth in the G1 phase, the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells and the shrinking of solid cancers. The extract may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition for administration to mammals for the treatment of solid cancers, such as epithelial cancers. Such epithelial cancers include breast cancer and ovarian cancers. The extract is obtained from Scutellaria barbata D. Don by contacting aerial portions of a plant from the species Scutellaria barbata D. Don with an aqueous or alcoholic solvent.

The present invention relates to the use of a mitochondrially targeted antioxidant, e.g. derivatives of vitamin E, coenzyme Q10 or a glutathione peroxidase mimetic, in the treatment and prevention of liver diseases and / or epithelial cancers. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the antioxidant(s) intended for such use. Furthermore the invention relates to the manufacture of medicaments containing the antioxidant(s) useful for such prevention and treatment.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for the diagnosis of hyperproliferative disease and autoimmune disease. Tumor associated antigens, nucleic acids encoding them and antibodies to the tumor associated antigens are provided for the diagnosis of hyperproliferative disease, such as, for example, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, and other epithelial cancers, and for the diagnosis of autoimmune disease.

A method for detection and prognosis of breast cancer and other types of cancer. The method comprises detecting expression, if any, for both an Id-1 and an Id-2 genes, or the ratio thereof, of gene products in samples of breast tissue obtained from a patient. When expressed, Id-1 gene is a prognostic indicator that breast cancer cells are invasive and metastatic, whereas Id-2 gene is a prognostic indicator that breast cancer cells are localized and noninvasive in the breast tissue.

A product of the invention is a variety of hydroxycamptothecin derivative referred to as bipiperidine hydroxycamptothecin {chemical name: (+)-(4S)-4-ethyl-4-hydroxy-9 [ (4-piperidyl piperidine) carbonyl]-1H-pyrano [ 3 ', 4 ', 6 ', 7 '] butoprizine [1, 2-b] quinoline-3, 14-( 4H, 12H ) dione and (0-10) hydrate thereof}. The derivative is a broad-spectrum antineoplastic drug, and has curative effects on primary liver cancer, gastric cancer, head and neck adenoid epithelial cancer, leukemia, colon cancer, bladder cancer and other malignant tumors. The ipiperidine hydroxycamptothecin, salts thereof and (0-10) hydrate of the salts are prodrugs for hydroxycamptothecin and converted into closed hydroxycamptothecin in vivo, so as to overcome defects of open loop, poor effect and instability of a hydroxycamptothecin preparation (injection, lyophilized injection and oral preparation); and the derivative has good water solubility and is suitable for preparation of various types of preparations. The bipiperidine hydroxycamptothecin can be added with different salts to be prepared into different water-soluble compounds and hydrates thereof, is beneficial to preparation of various preparations, and has stable quality and curative effect obvious better than that of hydroxycamptothecin and preparation thereof. The bipiperidine hydroxycamptothecin, salts thereof, (0-10) hydrate of the salts and preparations thereof are in forms of tablet, capsule, particulate agent, oral liquid, injection, infusion solutions and lyophilized injection.

An extract of Scutellaria barbata D. Don is effective in the arrest of cancer cell growth in the G1 phase, the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells and the shrinking of solid cancers. The extract may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition for administration to mammals for the treatment of solid cancers, such as epithelial cancers. Such epithelial cancers include breast cancer and ovarian cancers. The extract is obtained from Scutellaria barbata D. Don by contacting aerial portions of a plant from the species Scutellaria barbata D. Don with an aqueous or alcoholic solvent.

Epithelial cancer screening can include a staining tissue with a cancer targeting agent, identifying a potentially cancerous lesion using fluorescence imaging, and imaging the potentially cancerous lesion for a cancer diagnosis using optical coherence tomography.

An extract of Scutellaria barbata D. Don is effective in the arrest of cancer cell growth in the G1 phase, the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells and the shrinking of solid cancers. The extract may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition for administration to mammals for the treatment of solid cancers, such as epithelial cancers. Such epithelial cancers include breast cancer and ovarian cancers. The extract is obtained from Scutellaria barbata D. Don by contacting aerial portions of a plant from the species Scutellaria barbata D. Don with an aqueous or alcoholic solvent.

Specific binding members, particularly antibodies and fragments thereof, which bind to Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) are provided, particularly recognizing both human and mouse FAP. These antibodies are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with activated stroma, including wound healing, epithelial cancers, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cirrhosis and pulmonary fibrosis. The anti-FAP antibodies, variable regions or CDR domain sequences thereof, and fragments thereof may also be used in therapy in combination with chemotherapeutics, immune modulators, or anti-cancer agents and / or with other antibodies or fragments thereof. Antibodies of this type are exemplified by the novel antibodies ESC1 1 and ESC 14 whose sequences are provided herein.

An extract of Scutellaria barbata D. Don is effective in the arrest of cancer cell growth in the G1 phase, the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells and the shrinking of solid cancers. The extract may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition for administration to mammals for the treatment of solid cancers, such as epithelial cancers. Such epithelial cancers include breast cancer and ovarian cancers. The extract is obtained from Scutellaria barbata D. Don by contacting aerial portions of a plant from the species Scutellaria barbata D. Don with an aqueous or alcoholic solvent.

The present invention relates to the use of a mitochondrially targeted antioxidant, e.g. derivatives of vitamin E, coenzyme Q10 or a glutathione peroxidase mimetic, in the treatment and prevention of liver diseases and / or epithelial cancers. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the antioxidant(s) intended for such use. Furthermore the invention relates to the manufacture of medicaments containing the antioxidant(s) useful for such prevention and treatment.